Went Ubin second time for butts hunting. This time I started with the sensory trail and then trekked along the main road to Maman Beach and back to the jetty area. Decided not to go the butterfly hill as it was drizzling with threatening cloud cover. The highlight of the hunt was my record shot of the palm king, and my second encounter of the Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides. The ubin version of the thecloides (pic 2 and 3) has a much richer orange coloration than that I saw in the west of the Singapore.
Besides the common species like chestnut bob (pic 1, mating pair), dark brand bush brown, chocolate and blue pansies, grass yellows and pygmy grass blue, species I encountered and was able to Id are:
1. Common mormon
2. Coconut skipper
3. Striped Albatross
4. Common palmfly
5. Palm king
6. Forget-me-not
7. Hypolycaena thecloides thecloides
8. Leopard
9. Great Eggfly
10. Centaur oak blue
11. Common mime
12. Psyche
26-Nov-06 Ubin
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